https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's foreign minister Børge Brende on Friday announced he has been appointed as president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a foundation that organises a high-level global economy event every year in Davos, Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.no/20170916/norway-fm-brende-named-new-world-economic-forum-president Sat, 16 Sep 2017 16:32:52 +0200 norway-fm-brende-named-new-world-economic-forum-president UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a Boko Haram stronghold. https://www.thelocal.no/20170223/norway-hosts-donor-meet-for-nigeria-famine Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:44:14 +0100 norway-hosts-donor-meet-for-nigeria-famine Foreign Minister Børge Brende expressed Norway’s disappointment that US President Donald Trump has halted his country’s programme for the settlement of refugees. https://www.thelocal.no/20170130/concerned-about-trump-policy-norway-calls-for-equal-treatment-of-refugees Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:58:45 +0100 concerned-about-trump-policy-norway-calls-for-equal-treatment-of-refugees Norway’s foreign ministry on Monday met for a bilateral meeting which brought an end to the near total diplomatic freeze between the two countries which began when Russian forces annexed Crimea in spring last year. https://www.thelocal.no/20151012/norway-restarts-talks-with-russia Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:05:10 +0200 norway-restarts-talks-with-russia Taliban militants arrived in Norway on Monday for peace talks with Kabul officials, as militants continue to launch attacks on army, police and civilians in Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.no/20150616/taliban-peace-talks-start-in-oslo Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:56:03 +0200 taliban-peace-talks-start-in-oslo The African Union has blamed Norway for the civil war which broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013, arguing that the country had inadvertently created "a politically unchallenged armed power" when it brokered the 2005 peace deal with Sudan. https://www.thelocal.no/20150306/african-union-blames-norway-for-south-sudan-war Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:08:20 +0100 african-union-blames-norway-for-south-sudan-war Buthaina Shaaban, a key aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has visited Norway in the first trip to Europe by a senior official in three years, her office said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140623/syria-envoy-visits-norway-in-first-trip-in-3-years Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:22:00 +0200 syria-envoy-visits-norway-in-first-trip-in-3-years Norway's human rights record came in for sharp criticism during a UN hearing on Monday, with Saudi Arabia and Russia weighing in to highlight the country's shortcomings. https://www.thelocal.no/20140429/saudi-arabia-asks-norway-to-ban-slurs-on-prohets Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:31:00 +0200 saudi-arabia-asks-norway-to-ban-slurs-on-prohets Norway has called for an investigation into the massacre of some 200 civilians in the disputed South Sudanese town of Bentiu, declaring that "the guilty must be punished". https://www.thelocal.no/20140422/south-sudan-massacre-must-be-investigated-brende Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:17:00 +0200 south-sudan-massacre-must-be-investigated-brende Norway has pledged to give financial support to the new government in Ukraine so long as it commits to put in place measures to reduce corruption. https://www.thelocal.no/20140306/norway-pledges-cash-to-ukraine-if-it-fights-graft Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:26:00 +0100 norway-pledges-cash-to-ukraine-if-it-fights-graft Norway has condemned Russia's occupation of the Crimea as a violation of international law, with Foreign Minister Børge Brende saying on Monday that the invasion violated "basic treaty obligations". https://www.thelocal.no/20140303/russia-breaking-treaty-obligations-norways-brende Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:26:00 +0100 russia-breaking-treaty-obligations-norways-brende Norway has announced it is holding back 50 million kroner ($8m) of aid to Uganda in protest at its new draconian law against homosexuality on the grounds that the law violates "fundamental human rights". https://www.thelocal.no/20140225/norway-cuts-aid-to-uganda-after-gay-law Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:07:00 +0100 norway-cuts-aid-to-uganda-after-gay-law A two-day-old ceasefire in South Sudan is still not firmly in place, the foreign minister of Norway, part of the so-called Troika with Britain and the United States, said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140127/brende-warns-of-shaky-sudan-ceasefire Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:23:32 +0100 brende-warns-of-shaky-sudan-ceasefire The president of The Philippines on Thursday called on Norway to help revive failed peace talks with the country's Maoist guerrillas, a senior presidential aide has told AFP. https://www.thelocal.no/20140109/philippine-president-asks-norway-to-revive-peace-talks Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:40:00 +0100 philippine-president-asks-norway-to-revive-peace-talks Joshua French, the Norwegian man jailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been accused once again of murdering his cell-mate and countryman Tjostolv Moland in a serious blow to efforts to secure his release. https://www.thelocal.no/20131210/congo-charges-norwegian-for-killing-his-cellmate Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:39:00 +0100 congo-charges-norwegian-for-killing-his-cellmate Norway's new foreign minister has condemned Israel's detention of Palestinian children as young as twelve as "completely unacceptable" and "a clear violation of international conventions". https://www.thelocal.no/20131204/norway-condemns-israels-detention-of-palestinian-children Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:42:00 +0100 norway-condemns-israels-detention-of-palestinian-children The Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad on Monday night set sail for Syria, where it will take part in the collection of Syria's chemical weapons, guarding them as they are transported to the middle of the Mediterranean for disposal. https://www.thelocal.no/20131202/norwegian-leaves-to-pick-up-syria-weapons Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:39:00 +0100 norwegian-leaves-to-pick-up-syria-weapons Britain and Norway are to combine their lobbying efforts to secure the release of Joshua French, the British and Norwegian dual citizen serving a life sentence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Norway's new foreign minister Børge Brende said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131128/britain-and-norway-join-forces-for-congo-prisoner Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:37:00 +0100 britain-and-norway-join-forces-for-congo-prisoner Noway's foreign minister has assured Jews worldwide that the country will not ban circumcision when it brings in new legislation next year. https://www.thelocal.no/20131126/norway-will-not-ban-circumcision-foreign-minister Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:32:00 +0100 norway-will-not-ban-circumcision-foreign-minister Norway said Friday it would not be able to accommodate a request from the United States to help destroy Syria's chemical arsenal on its soil, saying the schedule was too tight. https://www.thelocal.no/20131025/norway-rules-out-taking-syrias-chemical-weapons Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:47:00 +0200 norway-rules-out-taking-syrias-chemical-weapons